Tim Darcy is a Canadian-based songwriter, guitarist, and singer with an idiosyncratic delivery that can evoke a young David Byrne or Lou Reed. Known as the leader of the high-intensity indie rock band Ought, he's also released more personal solo material. The Arizona-born musician formed Ought in Montreal in 2011. Taking heavy cues from their city's thriving scene of underground politics, loft parties, and D.I.Y. culture, the band melded unlikely influences from both high-energy mid-'90s emo bands and airy, early college rock acts like the Feelies and Talking Heads. In 2016, Darcy released an experimental collaboration with sound artist A.J. Cornell, and returned to indie rock in early 2017 with his first solo album, Saturday Night. ~ Marcy Donelson